Crawford v. State

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death by electrocution. This appeal here is under the provisions of the automatic appeal statute, Act No. 249, appvd. June 24, 1943, Gen.Acts 1943, p. 217, Code 1940, Tit. 15, § 382(1) et seq., Pocket Part.

The indictment charges that appellant “unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, killed Richard Bibb, by shooting him with a pistol.” Appellant pleaded “not guilty”.

The evidence clearly shows that appellant shot deceased with a pistol, thereby causing his death. The theory of the defense was that…